The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-17

of an acre But for the August storm he
would have made Is bushels more. Mr..
| Dunlap has five witnesses who measured
| the corn with the measuring barrel and
nineteen witnesses who shucked out the
corn. The ground will be carefully meas
ured with a tape line and an exact compu-
tatiOn of the area of land made. He Will
compete for the prize for the best acre of
corn at the Piedmont Fair at Atlanta, and,
perhaps, also at the State Fair at Macon.
The verdict of the jury before whom the
case of H. H. Fudge was tried, which was
agreed upon and sealed by the jury on
Thursday night was opened and announced
in court at Albany Friday morning. 1t was
verdict of acquittal. No case that has
been tried in this county for long time has
attracted larger crowds to the court house
or been watched with more interest than
this one The defendant and the prosecutor
both had friends and sympathisers among
the best people of the county. The prosecutor
charged the defendant with stealing $1,000
in cash from his bank vault. The charge
was a serious one, and the standing of the
parties in the community gave promi-
hence to the case that it would not have had
under other circumstances.
Sylvania Woodldi0n Sprtte: William
Bazemore, who left the county several weeks
ago to attend school at Chattanooga, Tenn,
returned home last week The cause of his
early coming was the fact that there was
strong probability of some negro boys en-
tering the college and being allowed to recite
in the same class with the white students
We learn from him that when the report
was circulated, and the papers took notice
of it, that he, his brother, and Johnnie
Conner, all of this county, went to the
President of the college and asked if the
rumor was true The President replied that
if negro boy applied for admission and
could stand the examination he would not
refuse him. Whereupon the next morning
the Scrivenites bundled up and departed,
Mr.. William Bazemore for home, and the
two others for Dahlonega.
Officer Leavy of Brunswick, has queer
but terrible weapon which he took from a
sailor some time since. The man was under
arrest and walking by the officers side, who
presently observed him put his hand into
his pocket and commenced drawing some
thing therefrom. This was too much for
Leavy, and presenting his pistoli he ordered
his prisoner TO throw up his hands Search in
that pocket brought to light lump of lead
nearly as large as an egg, around which
was knitted a network of Irvine in true
sailor style, and to which was attached
loop about two feet in length of large cord.
This loop is put around the wrist, and grasp
ing the cord in the hand, but slight swing
is necessary to bring the lead upon the head
OF the victim with terrible force. Had this
fellow succeeded in catching Mr.. Leavy one
moment off his guard that leaden messen-
ger might have ended his usefulness speedily.
jackson NeloS: One day last week DR.. r.
w. MAYS was in the western portion of
Butts county, and called at the residence
of Abner Jester now 81 years old. He ex
hibited a walking cane of rattan with a
whale tooth head and ferule of brass. He
REM. Eed that the cane has history Mr..
Jester is a native of Edgefield district,
South Carolina, as also were the ancestors
of Dr. Mays The cane exhibited was pre-
scented to Mr.. TESTERS father by Samuel
Mays, uncle of DIR. Mays, Oh the morning
he started to Mexico in the United States
army Mr. Mays never returned, but was
one of the band of fifty-two, commanded
by Col Crittenden that was massacred by
the troops of Santa Anna. The exact age
of the stick is unknown, but suffice it to say
that the stick was used by a generation
dating back in 100. Mr.. Jester prizes the
cane very highly as a memento of the past.